{"id":2027,"date":"2019-02-08T11:24:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T11:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.testserver.eminenture.co.in\/test\/services2nri-new\/blog\/?p=2027"},"modified":"2024-08-13T13:03:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T13:03:07","slug":"certificate-attestation-notarization-india-similar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.services2nri.com\/blog\/certificate-attestation-notarization-india-similar\/","title":{"rendered":"Certificate Attestation and Notarization in India Are Similar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The idea of getting a certificate from a government office penetrates a fear. You would certainly make several rounds of the Municipal Corporation or the Court to get a certificate. But, the mobbed offices with a huge demand for attestation and bureaucracy delay its process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

What if you get the one from an ordinary photocopy office?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It values zero. None of the government authorities will accept it. Neither does an embassy or a PSK recognise it during authentication. It\u2019s simply because the certificate will be considered invalid, if it doesn\u2019t carry stamp or attestation from the competent authority. That\u2019s why notarization is carried out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notarization:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s the official fraud deterrent procedure to verify that a document is authentic. Almost all countries have a notary or notary public that witnesses the signing of vital certificates. He verifies the identity of the signatory and his awareness about the content while signing the document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But still, the notary doesn\u2019t possess equivalent rights as of a magistrate or the registrar\/sub-registrar. However, the Section 14 of the Notaries Act, 1952, for example, states the reciprocal recognition of what the foreign notaries do. Simply put, the notary can attest a marriage certificate or degree before the MEA attestation on the degree certificate. <\/strong>The notarized document is considered a seal of authentication from India in many countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Notaries Act, 1952<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A\u00a0Section 14 of the Notaries Act<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0states,\u00a0\u201cIf the Central Government is satisfied that by the law or practice of any country or place outside India, the notarial acts done by Notaries within India are recognized for all or any limited purposes of that country or place, the Central Government may, by notification in the official gazette, declare that the notarial acts lawfully done by notaries within such country or place shall be recognized within India for all purposes or, as the case may be, for such limited purposes as may be specified in the notification.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can a notary administer request for an affidavit?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. He can\u2019t administer this request. The\u00a0Section 139 of the Civil Procedure Code<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0states that the affidavit can be made by these:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n